Topics

Former Lakers great Magic Johnson again harshly criticized Jim Buss, the team's executive vice president of basketball operations. Johnson appeared Tuesday on ESPN's "First Take" and ripped Buss for way he has run the Lakers. "When you're wrong, you're wrong and you've got to stand up and say, 'I made a mistake,' " Johnson said. Johnson said Buss' mistake was hiring Mike Brown and Mike D'Antoni to be coaches of the Lakers. "Just say, 'Hey, I made a mistake,' " Johnson said. "We can understand that. We can deal with that. He always put it on somebody else. Then he's mad at me 'cause I...

Related "Mike Brown (basketball)" Articles

Former Lakers great Magic Johnson again harshly criticized Jim Buss, the team's executive vice president of basketball operations.
Johnson appeared Tuesday on ESPN's "First Take" and ripped Buss for way he has run the Lakers.
"When you're...

On Tuesday, Magic Johnson lashed out against Lakers owner/executive Jim Buss.
"[He's] trying to do it himself, trying to prove to everybody that this was the right decision, that 'my dad gave me the reins,' and he's not consulting anybody,"...

The applause swelled as fans at Staples Center rose to their feet Thursday, generously welcoming back Pau Gasol and the memories of better times, of moments such as the one shown on the video board of Gasol leaning on the NBA championship trophy after one...

The Lakers aren't alone in careening toward another season of new lows. Kobe Bryant is right there with them.
He had one of his worst shooting nights as the Lakers lost to the San Antonio Spurs, 93-80, Friday at Staples Center.
He made only one of 14...

For those wondering what Mike D'Antoni has been up to…
The former Lakers coach has been spending time with the Charlotte Hornets, watching their practices and games while giving feedback to Coach Steve Clifford, a former Lakers assistant.
D'Antoni still...

It's always a problem for the Lakers, this whole Chris Paul thing.
Especially when he zips and whips around them in another Clippers victory, jamming the latest needle in the side of a fan base that still blames David Stern.
With the Lakers so low to...

No matter what happens between now and April 15, the presumed end of the Lakers season, Byron Scott won't wall himself off.
He left that behind more than 20 years ago, when he and James Worthy had to assume the unofficial roles of team spokesmen after...

When Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash were paired together in 2012, the Lakers and much of the NBA assumed they would become a dynamic backcourt.
It still hasn't happened.
Injuries largely prevented it, and now Bryant and Nash are back again, trying to find...

On Thursday, the Minnesota Timberwolves "hired" Flip Saunders, who is already their president of basketball operations, as head coach.
According to Yahoo Sports, the Utah Jazz has a deal in place with former Lakers assistant Quin Snyder to fill...

The Lakers' coaching search isn't unusual only because of its slow speed. It's their first one since the 1970s that didn't involve Jerry Buss.
The venerable Lakers owner died last year, leaving an obvious void at the top of the team's hierarchy and...

Selena Gomez, the 21-year-old pop star and actress, has listed her house in Tarzana for sale at $3.495 million.
The neo-traditional home sits on a flat acre behind gates. A blue stone patio with a fountain leads to the bay-window flanked red front...

The phone calls and text messages will presumably be coming soon, if not already, from the old friend and the sage coach who want to team up with Derek Fisher one more time.
Kobe Bryant won five NBA titles alongside Fisher and nearly a sixth thanks to...

Contrary to the headline implication in The Times, the Clippers didn't lose to the Thunder because of Donald Sterling; they lost because Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook outplayed Blake Griffin and Chris Paul when it counted.
Ken Blake
Brea
::
Doc...

Clippers associate head coach Alvin Gentry has started to draw interest from other NBA teams to fill one of their head-coaching openings or to perform in the capacity he has in Los Angeles, as the offensive guru.
Although Gentry hasn’t yet...

Mike Dunleavy Sr. may have acted too soon when he sold his Century City condo last month for $6.95 million. He may want a place in proximity to Staples Center, the airport and the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo.
The retired NBA player and former...

Mike Brown's second shot with the Cleveland Cavaliers lasted one season.
Brown was fired Monday for the second time in four years by owner Dan Gilbert, who last April brought back the only coach to get the Cavaliers to the NBA Finals but then dismissed...

Mike D'Antoni resigned Wednesday as the Lakers' coach, ending a tumultuous two-year run with the team and putting a finishing touch on one of their worst seasons ever.
D'Antoni had one more guaranteed year for $4 million but was dismayed when the...

The Lakers will soon begin what could be a lengthy search for a head coach.
Mike D'Antoni resigned on Wednesday, after the Lakers' worst season (27-55) since moving to Los Angeles.
One name the team may consider is former Lakers assistant coach Ettore...

With the resignation of Coach Mike D'Antoni on Wednesday, speculation is rampant about who the next coach of the Lakers will be. Who do you think it will be? A look at some of the candidates:
• John Calipari. Current job: University of Kentucky. NCAA...